POAG

Question 1

What happens to IOP right after a CRVO?

Answer 1

Temporary hypotony
(Eyes with elevated IOPs are at risk of developing CRVO. Elevated IOP in the fellow eye of an eye affected with RVO must kept low as reasonably possible.

Question 2

Histologially, the PXE material resembles what?

Answer 2

Amyloid

Question 3

When dilated, pigment deposits can be seen on the zonular fibers and both the anterior and posterior lens capsule near the equator of the lens?

Answer 3

Zentmayer’s line

Question 4

PXE gl is u/l or b/l?

Answer 4

Monocular or binocular with varying degrees of asymmetry. Often the d/o is clinically apparent in only 1 eye, but other eye develops later.

Question 5

Iris transillumination defects at the pupillary margin vs iris mid periphery?

Answer 5

Margin - PXE

Midperiphery - Pigmentary GL

Question 6

What percentage of patients with PDS develop GL?

Answer 6

25-50%

Question 7

What is the demographic of PDS?

Answer 7

White males with myopia btwn age 20 to 50 yrs.

Affected females tend to be older than affected males.

Question 8

Which POAG has the widest fluctuation in IOP?

Answer 8

PDS - can exceed 50 mm Hg in untreated eyes.

Question 9

The lack of KP helps distinguish what types of GL?

Answer 9

Distinguish phacolytic gl from phacoanaphylaxis.

Question 10

The presense of KP and a miotic pupil suggest what as the cause of increased IOP?

Answer 10

Iritis

Question 11

When does Ghost cell gl develop?

Answer 11

1-3 months following VH.

Question 12

Trabeculitis is what and occurs in what GL?

Answer 12

KP on the TM - Posner-Schlossman

Question 13

Which study DID NOT look at FHx as a risk factor for development of GL?

Answer 13

OHTS